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Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)
Module 30
Expressed and Experienced Emotion
James A. McCubbin, PhDClemson University
Worth Publishers
Expressed Emotion People more speedily detect an angry
face than a happy one (Ohman, 2001a)
Expressed Emotion Gender and expressiveness
Men Women
Sad Happy ScaryFilm Type
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Numberof
expressions
Expressed Emotion
Culturally universal expressions
Experienced Emotion
Infants’ naturally occurring emotions
Experienced Emotion
The Amygdala--a neural key to fear learning
Experienced Emotion
Catharsis emotional release catharsis hypothesis
“releasing” aggressive energy (through action or fantasy) relieves aggressive urges
Feel-good, do-good phenomenon people’s tendency to be helpful
when already in a good mood
Experienced Emotion
Subjective Well-Beingself-perceived happiness or satisfaction with life
used along with measures of objective well-beingphysical and economic indicators to evaluate people’s quality of life
Experienced Emotion
Moods across the day
Experienced Emotion
Changing materialism
Experienced Emotion
Does money buy happiness?
Year
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Averageper-person
after-tax incomein 1995 dollars
Percentagedescribingthemselves asvery happy
$20,000$19,000$18,000$17,000$16,000$15,000$14,000$13,000$12,000$11,000$10,000
$9,000$8,000$7,000$6,000$5,000$4,000
1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000
Percentage very happy
Personal income
Experienced Emotion Values and life satisfaction
MoneyLove
1.00 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00Life satisfaction
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
-0.2
-0.4
Importancescores
Experienced Emotion
Adaptation-Level Phenomenon tendency to form judgments relative to a
“neutral” level brightness of lights volume of sound level of income
defined by our prior experience Relative Deprivation
perception that one is worse off relative to those with whom one compares oneself
Happiness is...
Researchers Have Found ThatHappy People Tend to
Have high self-esteem (in individualistic countries)
Be optimistic, outgoing, and agreeable
Have close friendships or a satisfyingmarriage
Have work and leisure that engagetheir skills
Have a meaningful religious faith
Sleep well and exercise
However, Happiness Seems Not MuchRelated to Other Factors, Such as
Age
Gender (women are more often depressed, but also more often joyful)
Education levels
Parenthood (having children or not)
Physical attractiveness
Experienced Emotion
The ingredients of emotion